THE TOOLKIT4MATHS™

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owe ful tools to su o t the teaching of maths

INTRODUCTIONThe Toolkit4maths ™ is an online portal containing a suite of powerful tools to help teachers build conceptual understanding in Mathematics for all students. In order to develop every student’s mathematical proficiency, teachers must systematically integrate the use of concrete and virtual manipulatives into classroom instruction at all class levels. Virtual manipulatives can be used as a part of the Concrete-Representational-Abstract (C-R-A) learning cycle, which is a key and successful part of the mathematics approach in Singapore. The Toolkit4maths™ contains important mathematics tools for teacher modelling and demonstration of concepts, supporting more effective teaching and pupil learning in mathematics, right across the primary school.

THE TOOLKIT4MATHS™ - ESSENTIAL FEATURES:• Dynamic mathematics tools to enable better teaching

and learning• Target Boards covering a range of topics• Facility to easily create your own fully interactive Target

Boards• Home access for all to assist lesson preparation• Information guides included for all tools• Suggested activities and applications for each tool• Cloud delivery – no installation required• Full technical support• Immediate access• Access anywhere, anytime

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1. The Toolkit4maths™ strengthens the teaching andlearning of mathematics through facilitating meaningfulmathematical discourse between student/student &student/teacher, helping build a shared understanding ofmathematical ideas.

2. The Toolkit4maths™ empowers the teacher to renderand work through important concepts using the tools &manipulatives on the interactive whiteboard at the front ofthe classroom.

3. Utilising the Toolkit4maths™ should be a key strategy andpart of the Whole-School Maths Plan in every school.

4. The Toolkit4maths™ contributes immeasurably to theeffective teaching and learning of mathematics across theclasses; driving thinking deeper, achievement higher andprogression further.

5. Difficult ideas are made more understandable when theToolkit4maths™ makes them more visible e.g. regroupingusing Dienes Blocks. By using the Toolkit4maths™ to showdifficult concepts in a visual way, teachers can improve thelearning experience for all.

6. The Toolkit4maths™ help students to learn better whenused in well-designed teaching sequences, tasks andactivities.

7. The Toolkit4maths™ holds pupil attention, prompts thinkingand stimulates learning.

8. The Toolkit4maths™ can allow teachers presentinformation in multiple new ways which help students tounderstand, assimilate and use it more readily.

9. The Toolkit4maths™ enables teachers to better teach,illustrate and interrogate a range of concepts across themany areas of mathematics.

10. Interactive mathematics manipulatives and Target Boardsto incorporate into instructional sequences to effectivelyillustrate mathematics concepts, illuminate thinking anddeepen children’s conceptual understanding.

11. The Toolkit4maths™ is a teacher driven toolkit, used on theinteractive whiteboard, while at the same time the studentsare using the equivalent physical manipulatives at theirdesks.

12. TheToolkit4maths™ graphing tool removes the choreof processing data manually and frees students toconcentrate on its interpretation and use.

13. Providing teachers across the whole-school with easy/always on access to the Toolkit4maths™ encourages andimproves the use of IT in the curriculum.

14. The Toolkit4maths™ will assist teachers to take a freshlook at how they teach and the ways in which studentslearn.

15. The INFO page for each tool in the Toolkit4maths™provides a detailed explanation on how to operate the tooland ideas on how best to apply it in the classroom, thusbuilding teacher competence in operating it and confidencein utilising it within curriculum.

16. The Toolkit4maths™ is a dynamic, cloud-based resourcewhich will grow and expand year on year.

WHY USE THE TOOLKIT4MATHS™?

GEOMETRYExplore the properties of 2D and 3D Shapes, to include vertices, sides, faces and nets.

INTERACTIVE NUMBER LINEEverything required of a flexible, feature rich number line to explore numbers from 1 to 10,000.

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BAR MODEL MAKERUse bar models to help pupils gain a better understanding of how a problem needs to be solved.

NUMBERFRAMESModel the 4 rules of number, sequences, properties & concepts with these structured manipulatives.

COORDINATES & DIRECTIONSUse objects and places on a 10 x 10 grid to teach & test directions UDLR and XY coordinates.

The tools include the following:

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PLACE VALUE COUNTERThe 8 coloured counters help explore place value from .001 to 10,000, illustrate concepts & problems.

SIMPLE BALANCEMake weight comparisons between products e.g. The teddy is the same weight as two apples.

SPINNERSSpin from 1 to 4 spinners at any time, while selecting 2 to 10 sides and regular or random numbers.

FUNCTION MACHINEUse the function machine to get children analysing & thinking about rules and operations in maths.

MATHS NUMBER BALANCEUse weights to visually demonstrate number relationships, operations and comparisons.

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INTERACTIVE MULTIPLICATION CHARTUse six pen colours to build each set of tables from 1 to 12 times and to highlight many patterns.

FRACTION WALLVisually represent & help students learn, compare and identify fractions, decimals and percentages.

TARGET BOARDS25 ready-to-go interactive target boards across all areas of maths and the option to create your own.

METRIC BALANCE20 items of fruit and vegetables to weigh, compare and problem solve using grams and kilograms.

INTERACTIVE HUNDREDS CHARTUse the six pen colours to build and discuss patters on all three charts i.e. 0-99, 1-100 and 1-120.

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MONEY (EUROS)Explore money using 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 50c, €1, €2, €5, €10, €20, €50, €100 and €500 notes and coins

CUISENAIRE RODSRods provide an interactive way to explore number and help students learn mathematical concepts.

COUNTING STICKA most versatile teaching tool to teach a range of maths skills and help with number sequences.

TENFRAMESNumber Frames help students count, represent, compare and structure numbers to 5, 10, 20 and 100.

COUNTERS24 maths counters to move around to help children visualise & work out simple maths problems.

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PATTERN BLOCKSCreate elaborate geometric patterns & designs and help young students begin to think about area.

DICEComprising from 6 to 12 sides, dice are great for generating random numbers from 1 to 100.

DIENES BLOCKSThe Dienes Blocks will bring to life the relationships between units, tens, hundreds and thousands

REKENREKThe rekenrek is a tool that helps children to think mathematically and develop real number sense.

CLOCKShow time, add on time, subtract time, 12 hour & 24 hour, a.m. & p.m. – all you need to teach time.

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Make the Toolkit4maths™ a key pillar of your sapproach to mathematics teaching and learning

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GEOBOARDGeoboards are used to explore perimeter, area and the characteristics of triangles and polygons.

GRAPHSUse this tool to easily turn your collected class survey data into bar charts and pie charts.

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